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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. King Philip's War began in June of what year?
(a) 1675.
(b) 1676.
(c) 1639.
(d) 1648.

2. Passaconaway is said to have died in what year?
(a) 1721.
(b) 1677.
(c) 1685.
(d) 1679.

3. What is a Protestant theological system and an approach to the Christian life and was advanced by several theologians such as Martin Bucer, Heinrich Bullinger, Peter Martyr Vermigli, and Huldrych Zwingli?
(a) Helitism.
(b) Calvinism.
(c) Puritanism.
(d) Ordinism.

4. When was A Brief History of the War with the Indians in New-England published?
(a) 1642.
(b) 1676.
(c) 1612.
(d) 1677.

5. When was Metacomet born?
(a) 1639.
(b) 1675.
(c) 1648.
(d) 1676.

6. In 1600, the population of the Wampanoag numbered approximately how many members?
(a) 10,000.
(b) 15,000.
(c) 5,000.
(d) 12,000.

7. John Sassamon was born circa what year?
(a) 1600.
(b) 1612.
(c) 1688.
(d) 1648.

8. According to the author, sometimes maps of New England marked English territory with small houses and churches and marked Indian territories with what?
(a) Swamps.
(b) Mountains.
(c) Trees.
(d) Tipis.

9. When did the Pequot War begin?
(a) 1615.
(b) 1662.
(c) 1654.
(d) 1634.

10. In the 1670s the powwaws of many tribes encouraged war in order to do what?
(a) Preserve the Indian way of life.
(b) Eradicate the colonists.
(c) Purify their blood.
(d) Appease the gods.

11. When was Increase Mather born?
(a) 1612.
(b) 1642.
(c) 1616.
(d) 1639.

12. At what age did Hugo Grotius publish his first book?
(a) 16.
(b) 26.
(c) 19.
(d) 22.

13. What word means "shaman" in the language of the Narragansett?
(a) Tipi.
(b) Wigwam.
(c) Powwaw.
(d) Pagoda.

14. What region was the main site of conflict during King Philip's War?
(a) Northern New England.
(b) Northern Canada.
(c) Eastern Canada.
(d) Southern New England.

15. According to the author in Chapter 4, Where is Your O God?, due to their great losses, many New England colonists thought God was punishing them for their failure to do what?
(a) Remain loyal to the Crown.
(b) Kill all of the Indians.
(c) Convert the Indians to Christianity.
(d) Maintain purity.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote Narrative of the Troubles with the Indians?

2. When was Nathaniel Saltonstall born?

3. What were hideous to the colonists and were assigned to the Indians, according to the author?

4. How many accounts of King Philip's War represent several types of writing aimed at different audiences, according to the author in Part One, Language, Chapter 2, The Story of It Printed?

5. What is the name of an Algonquian Native American tribe from Rhode Island?

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